EVAN PARKER @ the Columbia Composition Seminar
The Department of Music Presents:
EVAN PARKER
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
4:10-6:00 pm
rm.620 Dodge
*small reception to follow
The Music Department is excited to host a talk by saxophonist, Evan Parker (b. Bristol), who has been hailed internationally for his unique style of free improvisation,
incorporating circular breathing, tonguing, rhythm patterns, overtones, and polytones. In England, he has worked with John Stevens and the members of the Spontaneous Music
Ensemble (Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Rutherford, Derek Bailey and others), as well as Peter Kowald. He is also a member of the Alex von Schlippenbach Trio and has played
with the Globe Unity Orchestra. Parker has performed inside jazz big bands led by Kenny Wheeler, Chris McGregor, Barry Guy, Stan Tracey and Charlie Watts, and in the chamber
music of Michael Nyman, Gavin Bryars, Frederic Rzewski and others. American collaborations have included playing with such artists as Cecil Taylor, Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, George Lewis, and Wadada Leo Smith. Parker has long been interested in aspects of electronics, and has, since 1990, led the Electro-Acoustic Ensemble whose radical cross-referencing of improvisation and real-time sound processing has brought fresh sound-colours into music. Parker appears on more than 200 recordings on labels including ECM, FMP, Emanem, Incus, Ogun, Po Torch, Okka, Island, CBS, RCA etc. In 2001, he founded his own label, Psi. Please join us this Wednesday to learn more about his music!
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